Jay Jacobs, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at the University of Vermont, shares a journey that starts with love at first sight (not only with college enrollment as a career but with a higher ed partner) and continues with a rapid ascent in the profession built through intentional career steps (College of New Jersey, Colgate, UChicago Booth School, U of Miami) including a life-changing caravan with three kids under age 3 up I-95 in the middle of winter and the middle of a pandemic.

Shout-outs to Terry Cowdrey, John Haller, Gary Ross, Lynn Holcomb, Karen Long and, of course, Callie Brown Jacobs.

Rapid Descent

• Walkout song: Mother by Danzig
• Best recent read: The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar Pioneering Rivalry that Shaped Rock 'n' Roll by Ian S. Port
• Eager to read next: The Privileged Poor by Anthony Jack
• Favorite podcast: Up First, The Daily, Smartless
• Favorite thing to make in the kitchen: Chicken Florentine ... also breakfast with bacon, eggs, and pancakes.
• What he uses to take and keep notes: Microsoft Notes + a nifty little Quartet desktop whiteboard.
• Memorable bit of advice: His mother advising Jay that "sh!t happens."
• Bucket list: Going to South America + teaching his kids to ski.

Theme music arranged by Ryan Anselment.